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  • 1
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 337 (1988), S. 169-176 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Phorbol ester ; Protein kinase C ; alphaAdrenoceptors ; beta-Adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effects ; Phenylephrine ; [3H]prazosin binding ; [3H]CGP-12177 binding ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was used to examine the hypothesis that phosphoinositide turnover is involved in the regulation of myocardial contractility mediated by stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in the mammalian cardiac muscle. Exposure of the isolated rabbit papillary muscle electrically driven at a rate of 1 Hz at a temperature of 37°C to TPA in concentrations of 10–1000 nmol/l for 30 min did not affect the basal force of contraction. The concentration-response curve for the positive inotropic effect of (−)-phenylephrine mediated by stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in the presence of (±)-bupranolol (100 nmol/1) was shifted to the right and downward by TPA in concentrations of 30–1000 nmol/l, while the effect of (−)-phenylephrine mediated by stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors in the presence of prazosin (100 nmol/l) was not decreased, but slightly enhanced by exposure of the muscle to relatively low concentrations of TPA (10–100 nmol/l). Incubation of the membrane fraction isolated from the rabbit ventricular muscle with TPA in vitro under the same condition as employed in the physiological experiments decreased the specific binding of [3H]prazosin but not that of [3H]CGP-12177, while the non-tumor promoting phorbol ester, αPDD, was ineffective. These results indicate that activation of protein kinase C by TPA does not mimic the positive inotropic effect of catecholamines mediated by activation of myocardial alpha-adrenoceptors. on the other hand, the specific interaction of alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated processes with TPA in the rabbit papillary muscle is in line with the view that the facilitation of phosphoinositide turnover and subsequent activation of protein kinase C may play a certain role in the coupling of alpha-adrenoceptor occupation by agonists to the process leading to the positive inotropic action.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: WB 4101 ; 5-Methylurapidil ; Alpha1 adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effect ; [3H]CGP-12177 ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In order to elucidate the contribution of alpha1A subtype to the positive inotropic effect mediated by myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors, the influence of the alpha1A selective antagonists WB 4101 and 5-methylurapidil on the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect (induced by phenylephrine in the presence of a beta adrenoceptor blocking agent bupranolol) was assessed in the isolated rabbit papillary muscle. WB 4101 (10−9-10−7mol/l) shifted the concentration-response curve of the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect to the right in parallel, but the slope of Schild plot did not meet the competitive antagonism: WB 4101 shifted the curve by log one unit at 10−9 mol/1, whereas it did not cause further shift at higher concentrations of 10−8 and 10−7 mol/l. WB 4101 did not affect the beta adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect. 5-Methylurapidil (10−9 to 10−7 mol/l) shifted the curve of alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect to the right and downwards in a concentration-dependent manner; the slope of Schild plot calculated at the level of 20% of the maximum response to phenylephrine was close to unity. 5-Methylurapidil at 3 × 10−7 mol/1 abolished the alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect. In addition, 5-methylurapidil inhibited the beta adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect in the same concentration range as it antagonized the alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect, indicating that 5-methylurapidil is not selective for myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors. In the membrane fraction derived from the rabbit ventricular muscle, 5-methylurapidil displaced the specific binding of [3H]CGP-12177 with high affinity, whereas WB 4101 did not affect the [3H]CGP-12177 binding in the concentration range that it antagonized the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect. The present results indicate that alpha1A adrenoceptor subtype plays a role in production of the positive inotropic effect mediated by myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors, but the extent is less than that mediated by alpha1B subtype in the rabbit ventricular myocardium.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: α-Adenoceptors ; β-Adrenoceptors ; Phenylephrine ; cAMP ; Papaverine ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The time course of changes of the level of 3′,5′-cyclic AMP (cAMP) and of the tension developed under stimulation of α- and β-adrenoceptors by phenylephrine was investigated in the isolated rabbit papillary muscle. Furthermore the doseresponse relationships for increases of cAMP and of developed tension elicited by phenylephrine were determined. 1. A submaximally effective concentration of phenylephrine (10−5 M) increased significantly the level of cAMP of the papillary muscle at 15 and 30 s by 45 and 36%, respectively; the level of cAMP returned to the control value at 60 s after the administration. The developed tension increased significantly not before 45 s and reached its maximal level at 180 s. 2. When α-adrenoceptors were blocked by phentolamine (10−6 M), the positive inotropic effect of phenylephrine was decreased significantly but the increase of cAMP induced by phenylephrine was not reduced. In the presence of phentolamine the increase of cAMP induced by phenylephrine lasted longer than in the control experiments. 3. The effects of phenylephrine (10−5 M) both on the level of cAMP and the developed tension mediated via stimulation of β-adrenoceptors in the presence of phentolamine were enhanced by the phosphodiesterase inhibitor papaverine throughout the course of responses. 4. Phenylephrine produced an increase in developed tension as well as in cAMP. The corresponding dose-response curves run parallel to each other but differed by about 1.5 log units whereby the developed tension was evoked by lower concentrations. Phentolamine (10−6 M) shifted the curve for the positive inotropic action by about 1.5 log units but did not affect that for increase in cAMP. Therefore, in the presence of the α-adrenolytic drug phentolamine the difference between both curves became smaller so that both curves were superimposed. Papaverine (10−5 M) shifted the whole curve for cAMP upwards and enhanced the maximal contractile response to phenylephrine mediated by stimulation of β-adrenoceptors. 5. The present results indicate that the positive inotropic action of phenylephrine in lower concentrations (〈10−5 M) induced by stimulation of α-adrenoceptors is independent of the level of cAMP. The positive inotropic action of the higher concentrations of phenylephrine induced via stimulation of β-adrenoceptors was preceded by an accumulation of cAMP; the inhibition of the cAMP phosphodiesterase activity by papaverine enhanced the actions of phenylephrine both on the level of cAMP and on the contractile force.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Key words L-type Ca2+ channels ; Na+/H+ exchange ; Phenylephrine ; Endothelin-3 ; Angiotensin II ; Isoprenaline ; Positive inotropic effect ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The present study was designed to delineate pharmacologically the role of sarcolemmal L-type Ca2+ channels and Na+/H+ exchange in the positive inotropic effect (PIE) of phenylephrine mediated by alpha-1 adrenoceptors, endothelin (ET) and angiotensin II (Ang II) that stimulate phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis in the rabbit ventricular muscle. The PIE of these receptor agonists was compared with the PIE of isoprenaline that accumulates cyclic AMP. For this purpose, we investigated the influence of a Ca2+ antagonist, verapamil, and of an inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange, 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA), alone or in combination, on the cumulative concentration-response curve (CRC) for phenylephrine (with 0.3 μM bupranolol), ET-3 and Ang II in isolated right ventricular papillary muscles of the rabbit, which were electrically stimulated at 1 Hz in Krebs-Henseleit solution at 37°C. Verapamil at 0.3 and 1 μM decreased the basal force of contraction to 37.0 ± 4.0% and 13.2 ± 1.1% of the control, respectively, while EIPA even at 10 μM affected the basal force to much less extent and decreased it to 87.0 ± 1.4%. Verapamil (0.3 and 1 μM) and EIPA (1 and 10 μM), when used alone, each significantly attenuated but did not abolish the PIEs induced by phenylephrine, ET-3 and Ang II, while the simultaneous administration of verapamil (1 μM) and EIPA (10 μM) consistently and almost completely inhibited the PIE induced by these receptor agonists. By contrast, the PIE of isoprenaline was retained even in the presence of verapamil and EIPA. These results indicate that both the influx of Ca2+ ions through L-type Ca2+ channels and activation of Na+/H+ exchange contribute synergistically to the PIE that is mediated by alpha-1 adrenergic, ET and Ang II receptor agonists, while these mechanisms are not essential for the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated PIE.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Chlorethylclonidine ; Alpha1-adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effect ; [3H]prazosin binding ; Phosphoinositide hydrolysis ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of the alphalb-adrenoceptor-selective antagonist chlorethylclonidine on the alpha1-adrenergic positive inotropic effect and the phosphoinositide hydrolysis induced by phenylephrine was investigated in the rabbit ventricular myocardium. Pretreatment of membrane fractions derived from the rabbit ventricular muscle with 10−5 mol/l chlorethylclonidine decreased the specific binding of [3H]prazosin (at a saturating concentration of 10−9 mol/l) from the control value of 11.27±0.48 to 4.18±1.87 fmol/mg protein. The inhibition by adrenaline of the binding of [3H]prazosin (slope factor and affinity) was not affected by chlorethylclonidine. The positive inotropic effect of phenylephrine (in the presence of 3 × 10−7 mol/l bupranolol) was inhibited by chlorethylclonidine in a concentration-dependent manner (10−7−10−5 mol/l) and abolished by 10−5 mol/l chlorethylclonidine. The concentration of chlorethylclonidine to inhibit the phenylephrine-induced maximum response to 50% was 2.4 × 10−6 mol/l. The accumulation of [3H]inositol monophosphate and [3H]inositol trisphosphate induced by 10−5 mol/l phenylephrine was inhibited by chlorethylclonidine in the same concentration range. These findings indicate that the myocardial alpha1-adrenoceptors mediating a positive inotropic effect in the rabbit ventricular myocardium may belong to the chlorethylclonidine-sensitive alpha1b-subtype, and that the subcellular mechanism of action involve phosphoinositide hydrolysis.
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